Just back in, showered, daughter delivered to work, and saw your post @D0rdogne_Damsel. Did you give the p**** a round of applause? You're well rid. Keep telling yourself that Hope the mower breaks down.... A good plan for your opening, I reckon Quite damp here now, so everything has had a nice watering. I timed my hedgetrimming well yesterday - battery ran out -literally as I trimmed the last wee bits. I feel as smug as a smug person winning the smug world championship.... Hope @AuntyRach enjoyed her pancakes.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Good to be rid of your lawnmower-obsessed ex-fella @D0rdogne_Damsel, I should think. Onwards and upwards... and re the tearoom, no apology needed for the tears. Your plan for "slowly, slowly" sounds a good one.
Hope @Hostafan1 and @AuntyRach have bearable days at the coal face. Great to get a few days off, AR. You deserve them!
Good news about the neck, @Dovefromabove - now don't go mad with the bean poles etc! I planted out my sweet peas yesterday, and need to finish cobbling together a net for the runner beans today. They've still got some hardening off to do before they go in the ground, though. A good thing because I'm determined not to go out for more netting - the old bits I found will do, if I "sew" them together with string...
Hope you can get a walk in without having to dodge too many idiots, @Fairygirl. Walking definitely keeps me sane... doesn't have to be far, just the local lane will do. Plenty of flowers, cows to talk to, and birdsong. Lovely!
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
I now have a lovely image of @Liriodendron chatting to the cows in an irish brogue ☘️.
Just done my morning garden check - all is looking well. Today I will be potting on - all my late sown tomatoes seem to be catching up well, and I too have sweetpeas nearly ready to go in the ground 👍🏻.
Spent yesterday trying to sew face masks 😷. Took a while to get going, but I think I now have a plan 🤓. However, I am very slow. Won’t be a cottage industry developing here any time soon 🙄
Sounded like the Fast Show there @chicky 'Today I will be mostly....' Today, I will be mostly ...inside. Quite wet here now, although I might wash the car if it dries up a little. Good when it's damp, and I might get Peg Leg Pete's 'deposits' off the paintwork. Grrrr... Walk was fine thanks @Liriodendron. The damp was keeping them at bay. Do you say top of the mornin' to the local wildlife now? We have some oyster catchers footling around locally now. See them quite often. I wonder if their food is in shorter supply. Lovely things. Nice to see all the wee lambs too, although there's a few hefty looking yows, clearly fed up with their tardy offspring.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
We’ve been watching many past episodes of Eurovision on Tele the last few days, so we both have songs running Through our heads. I really enjoyed Johnny Logan tonight. He still sounds good.
OH has erected the teepee for the beans. We normally top it off with a windmill as a bit of whimsy and to deter the woodies from trying to land on it. The windmill has been in use for several years and is broken, it has no stick and would’ve been replaced this year but we’ve not been to Cromer ... so OH has been inventive
every time I look at it I think of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and expect it to take off and fly away like Grandfather Potts’ shed 🤣
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Eurovision. I'm not a fan. I generally work quite hard to avoid it but I was pootling 'round the iplayer this morning while eating my cornflakes and ended up skipping through 'Come together', the BBC vote for the 'Nation's favourite' Eurovision song. I don't know how many songs there were - maybe 20? And 3/4 of them were as expected, derivative vacuous drivel and instantly forgettable (these were the 'highlights' ) There were one or two memorable performances of forgettable songs (Conchita Wurst), a totally bonkers performance of an execrable song (Verka someone or other from Ukraine) and a couple that were memorable but only for how bad they were (Bucks Fizz). No surprise that Waterloo - the only actual 'song' on the list - won the vote. (I might allow 'Volare' an honourable mention but only because 'Sam' covered it in Quantum Leap.)
But
At the end of the programme while the voting was happening there were some compilations of iconic moments from Eurovision - none of which meant anything to me - being recreated in their kitchens on Zoom by a handful of 'Eurovision celebs' (Cheryl Baker and her dog) and - most hilariously - the public. If you feel the need for some completely silly, totally pointless but unexpectedly hilarious TV, watch the last 20 minutes of the programme and skip the interview in the middle with the chap who was supposed to be this year's UK entry. It's brilliant. Nuts. But brilliant.
Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Hi folks, Just got back from a walk round the park, most people abiding by the rules but a couple of groups of young boys who obviously weren't from the same household having an impromptu picnic with their bikes. Some very cute goslings on the lake. Spent the morning weeding and tidying the front garden. A couple of years ago I grew some Snow in Summer from seed, only planted 3 but it's going for world domination so I've been digging some up to get it back under control. It might have to go altogether and I'll find a better behaved replacement.
Having a cuppa now before deciding whether or not to go out and plant a few more annuals.
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You're well rid. Keep telling yourself that
Hope the mower breaks down....
A good plan for your opening, I reckon
Quite damp here now, so everything has had a nice watering.
I timed my hedgetrimming well yesterday - battery ran out -literally as I trimmed the last wee bits.
I feel as smug as a smug person winning the smug world championship....
Hope @AuntyRach enjoyed her pancakes.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Good to be rid of your lawnmower-obsessed ex-fella @D0rdogne_Damsel, I should think. Onwards and upwards... and re the tearoom, no apology needed for the tears. Your plan for "slowly, slowly" sounds a good one.
Hope @Hostafan1 and @AuntyRach have bearable days at the coal face. Great to get a few days off, AR. You deserve them!
Good news about the neck, @Dovefromabove - now don't go mad with the bean poles etc! I planted out my sweet peas yesterday, and need to finish cobbling together a net for the runner beans today. They've still got some hardening off to do before they go in the ground, though. A good thing because I'm determined not to go out for more netting - the old bits I found will do, if I "sew" them together with string...
Hope you can get a walk in without having to dodge too many idiots, @Fairygirl. Walking definitely keeps me sane... doesn't have to be far, just the local lane will do. Plenty of flowers, cows to talk to, and birdsong. Lovely!
Just done my morning garden check - all is looking well. Today I will be potting on - all my late sown tomatoes seem to be catching up well, and I too have sweetpeas nearly ready to go in the ground 👍🏻.
Spent yesterday trying to sew face masks 😷. Took a while to get going, but I think I now have a plan 🤓. However, I am very slow. Won’t be a cottage industry developing here any time soon 🙄
'Today I will be mostly....'
Today, I will be mostly ...inside. Quite wet here now, although I might wash the car if it dries up a little. Good when it's damp, and I might get Peg Leg Pete's 'deposits' off the paintwork. Grrrr...
Walk was fine thanks @Liriodendron. The damp was keeping them at bay. Do you say top of the mornin' to the local wildlife now?
We have some oyster catchers footling around locally now. See them quite often. I wonder if their food is in shorter supply. Lovely things.
Nice to see all the wee lambs too, although there's a few hefty looking yows, clearly fed up with their tardy offspring.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
But
At the end of the programme while the voting was happening there were some compilations of iconic moments from Eurovision - none of which meant anything to me - being recreated in their kitchens on Zoom by a handful of 'Eurovision celebs' (Cheryl Baker and her dog) and - most hilariously - the public. If you feel the need for some completely silly, totally pointless but unexpectedly hilarious TV, watch the last 20 minutes of the programme and skip the interview in the middle with the chap who was supposed to be this year's UK entry. It's brilliant. Nuts. But brilliant.
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”